East Africa’s forgotten slave trade
Over several centuries countless East Africans were sold as slaves by Muslim Arabs to the Middle East and other places via the Sahara desert and Indian Ocean. Experts say it […]
The American Indian Holocaust, known as the “500 year war” and the World’s Longest Holocaust In The History Of Mankind
28 April 2017 Genocide and Denying It: Why We Are Not Taught that the Natives of the United States and Canada were Exterminated Death Toll: 95,000,000 to 114,000,000 American Holocaust: […]
Black Iraqis say George Floyd’s death sheds light on their own centuries-long plight
The community, many of whom are descendants of African slaves, want recognition as a minority group African-Iraqi men are calling for equal representation and rights. December 6, 2008. Reuters […]
African diaspora: Did Ghana’s Year of Return attract foreign visitors?
By Reality Check team BBC News 30 January 2020 Black Americans have been encouraged to visit Ghana An initiative aimed at encouraging members of the African diaspora to visit […]
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Details of horrific first voyages in transatlantic slave trade revealed Exclusive: As the world ignores the ignominious 500th anniversary of the buying and selling of slaves between Africa and the […]
History: Irish slaves in USA? Yes or no?
Let’s Squash the Myth That the Irish Were Ever American Slaves Madeleine Davies Éirinn go Brách and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to my fellow children of the Emerald Isle! From oppression by the British to oppression in the United States to oppression on cereal boxes, we have endured a lot […]
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylviane A. Diouf New York: New York University Press, 1998. 254 pp. $55 (paper $18.50) Reviewed by Daniel Pipes Middle East Quarterly December 2000 Slowly, out of the surprisingly full records of slavery, an important fact is coming to light: […]